Frongoch

Frongoch

infobox UK place
country = Wales
welsh_name=
constituency_welsh_assembly=
map_type=
official_name= Frongoch
unitary_wales= Gwynedd
lieutenancy_wales= Gwynedd
constituency_westminster= Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
post_town=
postcode_district = LL23
postcode_area= LL
dial_code 01678
os_grid_reference= SH905392

The village of Frongoch is located in Gwynedd, north Wales. It lies close to the market town of Bala, on the A4212 road.

It was the home of the Frongoch internment camp, used to hold German prisoners-of-war during First World War, and then Irish Republican prisoners from the 1916 Rising.

Frongoch railway station was on the Bala Ffestiniog Line. It closed to passenger services on 2 January 1960 and freight services on 27 January 1961.

External links

* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3498542 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Frongoch and surrounding area]


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